Lanier loves his neighborhood, despite its rough reputation. Jackie soon meets James Lanier, a young black man working at the Marcus Garvey Community Center in Crenshaw. She finally agrees to track down Curtis, not knowing that doing so will unwittingly uncover Frank’s secret past: Curtis is Frank’s illegitimate son. However, she feels guilty for having grown apart from her grandfather and wants to honor him in some way. Jackie doesn’t want to get involved in finding Curtis-she's preoccupied with her relationship and with the prospect of a new position in a high-profile downtown law firm. Jackie must also reconcile the $38,000 in cash Frank has stored in his closet. When she visits her aunt Lois one day, she’s tasked with identifying Curtis Martindale, the man whom Frank has left his now defunct store to. Her grandfather, Frank Sakai, has recently passed. Jackie is a Japanese-American woman in her last semester of law school. After a Prologue that explains the downfall of Angeles Mesa, an old neighborhood in Los Angeles near the Crenshaw district, the narrative introduces the protagonist, Jackie Ishida.
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